Today, in the presence of Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ambassador Mårten Ehnberg, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the Council of Europe (Presidency-in-office of the Council of the European Union), and Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality, deposited the instrument of approval of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS 210).

The Convention will enter into force as regards the European Union on 1st October 2023.

The European Union becomes the 38th Party of the Convention (more).